Process for producing jelly.



JOHN STAFFORD ELLITHORP, JB., OF PALATINE BRIDGE, NEW YORK.

rnocnss FOR rnonucmo JELLY.

No Drawing.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN STAFFORD ELLI- THORP, J r., a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Palatine Bridge, in the county of Montgomery, in the' State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Processes fonProducing Jelly, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a process for producing fruit or vegetable jelly or gelatin by electrolysis in which a liquid solution or mixture of pectin, sugar and water in suitable proportions is subjected to the action of an electric current in such manner as to cause the deposition of the jelly upon and around one of the electrodes, in this instance the anode.

The main object is to manufacture such jellies more expeditiously and with greater economy than has heretoforebeen practised.

The invention, briefly stated, consists in subjecting any suitable quantity of fruit or vegetable juice preferably containing pectin to the action of an electric current through the medium of electrodes immersed in the solution.

'In the laboratory experiments which I have conducted, I haveprepared a mixture of concentrated fruit pectin, water and sugar in proportions of approximately one, three and four (1, 3 and 4), respectively, by weight, the mixture being then slightly warmed to expedite the solution. This solution was then placed in a U-tube containing two' platinum electrodes which were then connected in an electric circuit carrying a current of approximately one hundred and ten (110) volts and suitable amperage with the result that in about an hours time a solid jelly was deposited or collected around and uponthe anode, and upon removal was found to be of true quality and good texture with a pleasing flavor corresponding to that of the original solution. It may be possible, however, to produce the same quality or texture of jelly by the same method but in a very much shorter time by the use of a current of increased amperage,

and while my experiments were conducted 7 with juices contaming pectin, it may be pos- Specification of Letters Iatent.

. Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Application flledl'une 12, 1916. Serial N0.;103,19 0.

sible to produce valuable jellies from other fruit and vegetable juices, and, therefore, the inventlon contemplates v broadly the treatment of any vegetable or fruit juices or any solution containing the same by electrolysis, or by sub ecting the same to the ac-' tion of an electric current for the purpose of producing a jelly, but preferably by subjecting a mlxture of fruit or vegetable juice contaimng pectin and sugar in suitable proportlons to the action of anelectric current of any suitable amperage.

What I claim is:

1 The process of producing jelly from frult or Vegetable juice containing pectin, consisting in subjecting the juice to the actlon of an electric current.

2. The process of producing jelly from a solutioncomprising sugar and fruit or vegetable uice containing pectin, consisting in sub ecting the solution to the action of an electric current. i

3. The herein described method of producing fruit jelly consisting in subjecting a 6. The process of producing jelly from a solution of juice and sugar consisting in confining the solution in a suitable receptacle and positioning the electrodes of a closed electric circuit in said solution.

7. The process of producing jelly consisting in subjecting a solution of sugar, water and a juice containing; pectin to the action of an electric current.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of June, 1916.

JOHN STAFFORD ELLITHORP, JR.

. Witnesses:

H. E. CHAsE, ALIC M. CANNON. 

